Re: [Ocaml-lib-devel] Anyone see the need for extUnix?

[Erik de C. L. <mle...@me...>]

Dave Benjamin wrote:

> Maybe it's different on a Mac, but my Linux version of OCaml does provide 
> Unix.chroot.

You're right. I don't know what went wrong when I was looking for
it. Probably bad fingers.

> There is still some missing functionality that would not need 
> C-dependency: the Filename module. Specifically, it ought to provide 
> functions for splitting extensions (not just chopping them), 
> cross-platform path normalization, absolute/relative conversion, globbing, 
> recursive walking, and convenience functions for the more common stat 
> tests (size, modification times, etc). IMHO. =)

Yep, I have a small modules that does some of those things. I carry it
from project to project but it would be much better in a library.

Erk
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